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Local Biodiversity Action Plan

A 50 Year Vision for the Wildlife and Natural Habitats of Hertfordshire

Geographic Coverage

Plan nameA 50 Year Vision for the Wildlife and Natural Habitats of Hertfordshire
Plan coverageHertfordshire
Region / CountryEastern

Partners involved

Butterfly Conservation
Countryside Management Service in Hertfordshire and Barnet
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Agency
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
Forestry Commission
Hertfordshire Bat Group
Hertfordshire Biological Records centre
Hertfordshire Bird Group
Hertfordshire Mammal Group
Hertfordshire Natural History Society
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust
Herts Outdoors
National Farmers Union
Natural England
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
University of Hertfordshire
Watling Chase Community Forest Project

Stage and status of initiative

StageStatusDateReview date
Action planPublishedApril 1998
ImplementationBegun
Information collation / auditCompleted1995-96

Species for which action plans have been prepared

GroupSpecies
AmphibiansGreat Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
BeetlesStag Beetle (Lucanus cervus)
BirdsBittern (Botaurus stellaris)
BirdsStone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
BirdsTree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
BirdsSong Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
CrustaceansFreshwater White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes)
Local speciesBunium bulbocastanum (Great Pignut)
Local speciesLysandra coridon (Chalkhill Blue)
Local speciesMyotis nattereri (Natterer's Bat)
Local speciesOenanthe fluviatilis (River Water Dropwort)
Local speciesPulsatilla vulgaris (Pasqueflower)
Local speciesPyrgus malvae (Grizzled Skipper)
MammalsWater Vole (Arvicola terrestris)
MammalsOtter (Lutra lutra)
MammalsDormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
Vascular plantsCornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

Habitats for which action plans have been prepared

GroupHabitat
Broad HabitatsArable and horticulture
Broad HabitatsBoundary and linear features
Broad HabitatsBroadleaved, mixed and yew woodland
Broad HabitatsBuilt up areas and gardens
Broad HabitatsFen, marsh and swamp
Broad HabitatsImproved grassland
Broad HabitatsNeutral grassland
Broad HabitatsRivers and streams
Broad HabitatsStanding open water and canals
Broad HabitatsUrban
Local habitatOak-Hornbeam Woodland
Local habitatTraditional Orchards
Priority HabitatsAncient and/or species-rich hedgerows
Priority HabitatsCereal field margins
Priority HabitatsChalk rivers
Priority HabitatsCoastal and floodplain grazing marsh
Priority HabitatsEutrophic standing waters
Priority HabitatsFens
Priority HabitatsLowland beech and yew woodland
Priority HabitatsLowland calcareous grassland
Priority HabitatsLowland dry acid grassland
Priority HabitatsLowland heathland
Priority HabitatsLowland meadows
Priority HabitatsLowland wood-pasture and parkland
Priority HabitatsReedbeds
Priority HabitatsWet woodland

Contact

NameCath Wyatt
PositionHertfordshire Biodiversity Officer
Department
AddressHertfordshire Biological Records centre
c/o Env Department
Hertfordshire County Council
County Hall
Pegs Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8DN
Telephone01992 555220
Fax01992 556152
Email catherine.wyatt@eastherts.gov.uk
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